هَلَكَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَأَتَى الْحَفَّارِينَ فَإِذَا بِهِمْ لَمْ يَحْفِرُوا شَيْئاً وَ شَكَوْا ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا يَعْمَلُ حَدِيدُنَا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا نَضْرِبُ بِهِ فِي الصَّفَا فَقَالَ وَ لِمَ إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكُمْ لَحَسَنَ الْخُلُقِ ائْتُونِي بِقَدَحٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَتَوْهُ بِهِ فَأَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ فِيهِ ثُمَّ رَشَّهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ رَشّاً ثُمَّ قَالَ احْفِرُوا قَالَ فَحَفَرَ الْحَفَّارُونَ فَكَأَنَّمَا كَانَ رَمْلًا يَتَهَايَلُ عَلَيْهِمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A man died during the era of the Prophet<sup>saww</sup>. So the grave diggers came over, but when they were with him, they could not dig anything, and they complained of that to Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> saying, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! Our irons (pick axes/spades) do not work in the ground. It is as if we are striking with it in the rock’. So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘If your (dead) companion was of good manners, come to me with a cup of water’. So they brought it to him<sup>saww</sup>. So he<sup>saww</sup> immersed his<sup>saww</sup> hand inside it, then sprinkled it upon the ground with a sprinkle, then said: ‘Dig!’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So the grave-diggers dug, and it was as if it was sand falling upon them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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